NYC dumping record $43B into public schools — at whopping $44K per pupil — despite plummeting enrollment, poor test results
https://nypost.com/2026/05/12/us-news/nyc-dumping-record-43b-into-public-schools-at-whopping-44k-per-pupil-despite-plummeting-enrollment-poor-test-results/
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“Despite plummeting enrollment, poor test results”
The NYPost folks … not a lot of journalistic integrity over there. It’s basically political entertainment … not meaningful in any way.
Let’s tweak this headline a bit to illustrate a point.
“NYFD dumping record 43B gallons of water on city’s largest dumpster fire — a whopping 44k gallons per dumpster — despite the fire causing untold harm and incalculable damage”
How in the FUCK is anything supposed to get better if you don’t pay attention to it, aggressively work ti fix it, and commit to making it better?
If they had any sort of integrity at all they would change the last fragment to be “in a heroic effort increase enrollment and educational quality.”
There are only a few things that throwing money at will fix, and education is one of them.
What a silly headline. That’s the point…
New York needs more golden ball rooms not better education
I would rather a society with overpaid teachers and overpaid doctors and nurses
Healthy and educated people are a good thing.
Bad for corporations in the epideen class but good for everyone else
Lol the ny post is trash
OP’s posts go nowhere
Did people ever think that enrolment had dropped because of the quality of the schools? Do people not think that poor test results stem from a lack of motivation due to shitty environmental conditions, poor buildings, unmotivated pupils and teachers, etc?
What a dumb ass headline. The qualifier is “because of” not “despite”
The poor result is WHY you dump money into it you lummox
I’ve never understood America’s “well test scores are low, so let’s cut funding” approach. Should it not be exactly the opposite?
I think “Dumping” is a very bad term to use. Should maybe use “Investing” into public schools.
I for one am all for it.
I think it’s amazing. Good investment in education will have a massive return afterwards
Putting money in education literally helps everyone. It literally increases public health decreases crime and poverty and helps the economy. Money in education can help provide more materials, more teachers, smaller classroom sizes, and more specialists. A good education can be life-changing. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure and education is a huge part of that prevention. It’s too bad that in the United States there’s no money to be made from prevention.
New York post suggest we need to make profits or something from funding education
***Nazi Propaganda Rag Tries To Make Investing In Education Sound Stupid.***
Your stupid headline was broken, but I fixed it.
*You’re welcome.*
The actual fuck do they mean “despite poor test results”? Did they think that Republicans gutting education for decades was an attempt to *improve* test scores? Conservatives are so god damned stupid.
“despite plummeting enrollment, poor test results”
This is written as if more well-funded schools wouldn’t reverse the plummet (assuming people still having kids), and better funded support wouldn’t result in improved testing outcomes, lol.
Like it’s almost like the logic is ‘if testing is poor, the fix is defunding…” lol wtaf
NY Post is a rag, but as a teacher, I can tell you that capitalism and (lack of) parenting is what is killing education. Its very simple.
We are forced to take new tests, new text books (not updated, just brand new), new trainings, all for $$$$$$.
You dont think humans have known how to read or do math for thousands of years? How have we gotten so far if we haven’t done all these new fangle ways?
Nope, its corporate moneyed interests, bad faith contracts, corrupt administration at the top mismanaging money.
Tons of people who have children, and then refuse to parent them. Throw them in front of the TV, give em a tablet, dont teach them manners, or how to share, or read to them at night. All of these delay what kids can do at school, because teachers have to teach basics first before we can even get to the education.
2 major problems (money in education, parenting) are the reasons why US kids are struggling. Until they are fixed, continue this trend.
Good for them. 👍
And look forward to hearing about the success of such an endeavour in a year or five.
Oh wait. It will never get reported on mainstream media if it works…. Silly me!👀
“Test results are poor so we should spend less on improving our schools” is some Grade Republican logic.
OP is a MAGA. Probably has no issue with taxpayers paying for a ballroom and to repaint the memorial.
Have to start somewhere, and no better time then now.
I’m an English teacher (and some other related subjects), and this kind of headline is what I use to teach persuasive language, media literacy, propaganda techniques, etc. “…***dumping*** ***record*** $43B into public schools…”, “…***whopping*** $44K per pupil…”
I guess the US government is also “dumping” tax relief to rich people, “dumping” bailouts to welfare queen Goldman Sachs, and especially “dumping” money into a military where aircraft carriers get sidelined by clogged toilets.
You know what we are dumping money into?
War? Tax breaks for Billionaires? Subsidies for tech companies? Bank bailouts?
Education costs are not dumping, you fucking rag of a news outlet
I love the line “despite plummeting enrollment and poor test results” yeah, maybe having better funded schools might fix those problems…
I hope this money funds lower teacher student ratios.
The Post is trash. I hear the rats in New York won’t even use it to make their nests.
Texas taking $1b out of public school despite poor performance.
Of course they’re against this. It’s the New York Post, stupid people are their target audience.
This is such a messed up headline. You not continue the beatings until moral improves, with education.